Live auction - Lot 445
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De nieuwe toverlantaarn.
Amsterdam, "bij alle boekverkopers", [18th c.]
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
4 parts in 1 vol., 8vo; 30 pl. (text n.c., occ. light soiling, doodling on verso of some pl.).
Mod. quarter leather by R. Stevens, marbled paper boards, titled flat spine (sm. defect at upper edge of back cover).
Rare 18th-century children's book collecting satirical songs and poems on public figures as well as educative dialogues. Ill. with 30 coloured plates of soldiers, comedians, folk figures, etc. Also known under the title "De vroolijke Zeden-Meester voor Kinderen".
Ref. Buijnsters 1490.
Prov. S.A.C. [possibly Susanna Adriana?] Hooft Hasselaer (ms. entry).